Wi-Fi hacking neighbor sentenced to 18 years

This is an incredible story about a guy with a vendetta against his neighbors. He hacks into their WiFi network and wreaks havoc on their lives by trying to frame them for “child pornography, sexual harassment, various kinds of professional misconduct and to send threatening e-mail to politicians, including Vice President Joe Biden.”

Now that you’re convinced that being lax about home network security is a bad idea you can read our Check List and other articles such as Wireless Networks – Securely for tips on how to stymie most hackers.